Blue Ant International to exclusively represent two new Original series and over 135 hours from Architect Films’ current catalog, all available at MIPCOM
Toronto, ON (October 13, 2017) – Blue Ant International, a division of Blue Ant Media and leaders in global content distribution, announced today its distribution deal with globally-known and respected lifestyle producer Architect Films. The deal sees Blue Ant International exclusively representing two new original series created by Architect and over 135 hours from their current library, available at MIPCOM. The deal highlights Blue Ant International’s continued expansion as it shores up more content partnerships with high quality content creators.
“Architect Films offers an attractive catalog of top-tier lifestyle content that audiences all over world can get excited about, including hit series like Extreme Collectors and Sugar Showdown,” said Solange Attwood, SVP, Blue Ant International. “From big budget competition food series to popular lifestyle franchises, Architect Films’ track record helps us continue to deliver on the promise of a reliable pipeline of new and fresh content.”
Specializing in lifestyle series, Architect Films’ catalog includes Season I and II of Sugar Showdown (34×30; HD), a competition-based series where during each episode three expert bakers compete to make their best dessert incorporating one mystery ingredient for a chance to win a $10,000 prize. Decked Out (50×30’;HD) is an outdoor construction show that follows charismatic designer/carpenter Paul Lafrance through the process of creating backyard decks with a “creative edge” for his roster of clients.
Blue Ant International will also represent two new greenlights created by Architect Films available for pre-sale at MIPCOM this Fall. Birthday Cake Battle w/t (10×30; HD), an original series created for Makeful in Canada, is a fun and friendly baking competition series that, each week, sees two cake-makers battle it out in an attempt to make one child’s most awesome birthday cake imaginable a reality. Also new to market is Lakefront Luxury w/t (10×30; HD), an original series created for the Cottage Life channel in Canada. Lakefront Luxury is a three-house format series that sees a new couple each week hunt for, and eventually choose their dream lakefront home.
Based in Toronto, Architect Films is a content production company that creates popular, mass-audience lifestyle programming that is sold all around the world. The world renowned production company’s slate consists of all genres but key highlights include series in the food, renovation and general interest categories.
“We’re very pleased to be working with Blue Ant Media on our two new original shows and the selling of our current catalog,” said Mike Sheerin, Architect Films. “The team at Blue Ant is perfectly suited to representing these Architect titles.”
Blue Ant International, a Blue Ant Media division, is a leading content distribution company with the largest slate of native 4K nature and wildlife content globally. Its diverse catalog of over 3,000+ hours includes award-winning factual, factual entertainment, lifestyle, reality, documentary series, high impact docs and blockbuster formats. With offices in the UK and Toronto, the company’s library includes Paranormal Survivor (from Our House Media; 40×60’HD), Orangutan Jungle School (NHNZ; 10×60’4K), Haunted Case Files (Our House Media; 13×60’HD) and How The World Ends (CMJ Productions; 6×60’HD). Blue Ant Media’s offices are located in Toronto (Canada) and London (UK). blueantinternational.com
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